DharmaPragya
Mandala 4, Hymn 28
Containing 5 sacred Sanskrit shlokas with multi-author commentaries and translations.
Mandala 4, Hymn 28, Verse 1
Verse 1 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
त्वा यु॒जा तव॒ तत्सो॑म स॒ख्य इन्द्रो॑ अ॒पो मन॑वे स॒स्रुत॑स्कः अह॒न्नहि॒मरि॑णात्स॒प्त सिन्धू॒नपा॑वृणो॒दपि॑हितेव॒ खानि॑
"ALLIED with thee, in this thy friendship, Soma, Indra for man made waters flow together, Slew Ahi, and sent forth the Seven Rivers, and opened as it were obstructed fountains."
Mandala 4, Hymn 28, Verse 2
Verse 2 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
त्वा यु॒जा नि खि॑द॒त्सूर्य॒स्येन्द्र॑श्च॒क्रं सह॑सा स॒द्य इ॑न्दो अधि॒ ष्णुना॑ बृह॒ता वर्त॑मानं म॒हो द्रु॒हो अप॑ वि॒श्वायु॑ धायि
"Indu, with thee for his confederate, Indra swiftly with might pressed down the wheel of Sûrya. What rolled, all life's support, on heaven's high summit was separated from the great oppressor."
Mandala 4, Hymn 28, Verse 3
Verse 3 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
अह॒न्निन्द्रो॒ अद॑हद॒ग्निरि॑न्दो पु॒रा दस्यू॑न्म॒ध्यंदि॑नाद॒भीके॑ दु॒र्गे दु॑रो॒णे क्रत्वा॒ न या॒तां पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ शर्वा॒ नि ब॑र्हीत्
"Indra smote down, Agni consumed, O Indu, the Dasyus ere the noontide in the conflict. Of those who gladly sought a hard-won dwelling he cast down many a thousand with his arrow."
Mandala 4, Hymn 28, Verse 4
Verse 4 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
विश्व॑स्मात्सीमध॒माँ इ॑न्द्र॒ दस्यू॒न्विशो॒ दासी॑रकृणोरप्रश॒स्ताः अबा॑धेथा॒ममृ॑णतं॒ नि शत्रू॒नवि॑न्देथा॒मप॑चितिं॒ वध॑त्रैः
"Lower than all besides hast thou, O Indra, cast down the Dasyus, abject tribes of Dâsas. Ye drave away, ye put to death the foemen, and took great vengeance with your murdering weapons."
Mandala 4, Hymn 28, Verse 5
Verse 5 of 5
SANSKRIT TEXT
ए॒वा स॒त्यं म॑घवाना यु॒वं तदिन्द्र॑श्च सोमो॒र्वमश्व्यं॒ गोः आद॑र्दृत॒मपि॑हिता॒न्यश्ना॑ रिरि॒चथुः॒ क्षाश्चि॑त्ततृदा॒ना
"So, of a truth, Indra and Soma, Heroes, ye burst the stable of the kine and horses, The stable which the bar or stone obstructed; and piercing through set free the habitations."